Petals and Tacks

One day the cloth feels like petals against your skin then the next thumb tacks against your skin. Nervous system over reactions wear you down.

A woman holds cloth over her body while petals and thumb tacks fall down it. She closes her eyes and hopes for a day of petals. This image shows how things can change on a daily basis for some people. This image resonates particularly well with Autism sufferers who commonly feel this way.

Key Aspects of the ImageEyes closed represents the way your body can focus on these feeling even when you do not want toSilk represents clothing that can be work over the skinPetals and tacks represent the way feelings can change in regards to things touching your skin

Teigan Blackshaw Photographer

Fine Art photographer from South Western Sydney. When Teigan Blackshaw (B.1986) was told she would never work again her whole world turned upside down. This was when her art was born. "I want to show what people don't or can't see" She has said.

While she was no stranger to film medium from school years she did not follow on from school until the world reminded her about her art. Fibromyalgia took a lot from her at 25 but it also gave her a strong message to portray in her art. Her images are often dark with a limited color palette. She focuses on the lines frequently and also the things that we have trouble saying. Pain is often shown in some form of her works. She is a true believer that any emotional response to an image creates a successful image.

Some such pieces have been shown in Milano Italy at the ArtExpo 2016, Parliament house Australia Recovery in Art Exhibition 2016-2017, Multiple See Me, Hear Me exhibitions around Sydney in 2016 and in the Mental Health Commission NSW Australia 2016. Gurushots.com also chose one of her images to be displayed in 2017